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| Horse facts are simply fascinating. Despite the fact | | | | eat hay. Working horses are usually fed a healthy diet |
| that horses play a big role in human culture, a lot of | | | | which consists of barley, oats, maize, bran, chaff, |
| people do not know much about them. Given below | | | | processed pony nuts, and more. If you happen to have |
| are some of the most interesting facts about horses | | | | a horse, this is one of the important horse facts you |
| that most of us are not aware of. | | | | need to keep in mind. |
| •The horse is one of the very few animals that | | | | •Unlike animals like goats, bison, sheep, deer, |
| have both monocular vision and binocular vision. What | | | | moose, camels, and elk, horses do not have multiple |
| this means is that it is not only capable of seeing the | | | | digestive chambers. They have just one stomach, |
| same thing with both its eyes like humans do, but also | | | | which is relatively small in size when compared to the |
| capable of seeing two different things at the same | | | | overall size of their body. This is why horses do not |
| time with its eyes if it wants to. | | | | eat a lot in one stretch. They eat little and often to be |
| •It is often said that you should not try to walk | | | | able to digest the food easily. |
| directly behind a horse. Do you know why? It is | | | | •One of the most fascinating horse facts is |
| because the horse cannot turn its head completely | | | | that more than 350 breeds of horses are known to us |
| and see directly behind itself. It is what they call its blind | | | | today. They are broadly classified into four groups |
| spot. So, if you walk up right behind it, it might get | | | | – light horses, heavy horses, shire ponies, and |
| scared and might kick you. The kick of a horse, | | | | Caspian ponies. |
| needless to say, can be extremely powerful and can | | | | •The height of a horse is usually not measured |
| cause very serious injuries. This is one of the most | | | | in feet. It is measured in special units called |
| important horse facts you need to remember. | | | | ‘hands’. One hand equals four inches. A |
| •A male horse is called stallion and a female | | | | fully grown, adult horse should be at least 14 hands tall. |
| horse is called mare. Colt is what they call the younger | | | | If it is shorter, it is usually not considered a horse, but a |
| version of a male horse and filly is what they call the | | | | pony. |
| younger version of a female horse. Similarly, a baby | | | | •A baby horse or foal can stand up and start |
| horse is called a foal. | | | | walking within just one or two hours of birth. Within |
| •The horse, as most of you probably already | | | | three or four years, it turns into fully grown, mature, |
| know, is an herbivore and likes to feed on plant matter. | | | | adult horse. |